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5 Steps to Master Copyright Licensing To Grow Your Revenue Streams As A Creative
Are you leaving money on the table by selling your copyrights instead of renting them? If so, you’re not alone, but we will change that. Many creative entrepreneurs unknowingly sell their copyrights for far less...
Contract Red Flags and Shady Contract Behaviors – So Creators Can Avoid Getting Burned and Grow More Sustainably
Contracts support all successful collaborations, but red flags can indicate trouble ahead. We want creatives to focus on creating without dealing with lousy contract situations. So we offer 6 red flags that we see in...
5 Fixable Mindset Mistakes Creative Entrepreneurs Make That Kill Their Businesses
What if you could completely sidestep the biggest mindset mistakes that destroy many creative businesses? We’ve been lawyers for creative entrepreneurs for over a decade and have seen inside hundreds of innovative businesses. Our team...
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The Creators’ Legal Program is a subscription-based legal plan tailored to the needs of creative businesses. the Creators’ Legal Program provides members with on-demand access to attorney advice and guidance on copyrights, trademarks, contracts and general business...
Notes on Work for Exposure Contract
Why a work for exposure contract? A while back I was thinking about how designers and other creative professionals can deal with a common situation: a potential client wants you to work for them for free in exchange for them giving you exposure, which presumably leads...
The Difference Between DBA and Trademark
There is a difference between DBA and trademark. Although the two things seem similar – they both deal with the name of a business – the law treats them differently and it is important to separate the concept of a DBA from the concept of a trademark. On more than one...
Hip Hop Producers on the Art and Reality of Sampling
Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with music of the last thirty or forty years understands that sampling remains a big part of the creative process for many musicians. The art of taking something old and turning it into something new and innovative has...
